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First post, by analog_programmer

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Excuse me, if this topic was previously discussed, but I couldn't manage to find anything on the forum and the internet.

Ling story short:
I need a working mouse for some old point-and-klick adventure DOS games on my old ISA-only computers, but I don't want an old serial mouse with rubber-coated metal ball (these are very rare and expensive in the local online secondhand markets and they are super inconvenient compared to modern optical and laser mice) and I still do not have any ISA PS/2 or ISA USB cards to attach and use some modern mice. So, I thought, that perhaps there is some DOS TSR for a "virtual mouse", controlled by the keyboard (by num-pad keys or something like this), but I found nothing. Actually, I found something similar - MOUSKEYS, but it works in reverse, since it mimics keystrokes from the mouse.

Any suggestion for virtual mouse software for DOS will be appreciated!

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Reply 1 of 3, by SuperDeadite

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I think best option is a USB to Serial mouse convertor...
https://github.com/LimeProgramming/USB-serial-mouse-adapter

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Reply 2 of 3, by analog_programmer

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SuperDeadite wrote on Today, 10:56:

I think best option is a USB to Serial mouse convertor...
https://github.com/LimeProgramming/USB-serial-mouse-adapter

Thanks, but I need some quick temporary software solution, until I decide which "hardware path" I will take.

I know another more elegant variant, but it will also take its time for me to find the exact same model mouse, to order and receive the PCB for the conversion, to assemble the thing...

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Reply 3 of 3, by stanwebber

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i have a mousekeys tsr for dos that i can't find at the moment. i will post if i find it or maybe someone else can provide.